Cybersecurity
New Crypto-Mining Malware Uses Amazon’s Cloud to Hijack Computers
So far the scheme has harvested about $100,000 worth of the monero cryptocurrency.
Emerging Tech
DHS Has a Plan to Make You Stop Hating Airport Security
The agency is looking at ways to speed up passenger screening while improving security from "curb to gate."
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Question Defense's Cloud, the President's Phone and BTW, TL;DR
Those unresolved Government Accountability Office recommendations could haunt agencies during budget time.
Emerging Tech
GSA Wants to Help Your Agency Cash in on the Technology Modernization Fund
An upcoming workshop will teach feds how best to pitch projects to a board of administration officials.
Modernization
Veterans IT Office Wants Support Through Transformation Process
The offices focused on the department’s IT infrastructure are looking for support services to help manage through a reorganization.
Cybersecurity
US-CERT Explains How to Keep Your Home Network Secure
Yes, your home network could be targeted.
Emerging Tech
Is Bitcoin Being Manipulated by Traders? The U.S. Government Has Opened a Criminal Probe
The probe will look for evidence of practices like spoofing and wash trading.
Cybersecurity
GSA Wants to Modernize How the Government Buys Cybersecurity Services
The agency wants to update its slate of “highly adaptive cybersecurity services.”
Emerging Tech
NOAA’s Newest Weather Satellite Isn’t Working Right
The satellite's “premiere” instrument gets too hot at night and engineers are struggling to find out why.
Cybersecurity
Report: Hundreds of Android Phones Had Malware Preinstalled
The devices are compromised right out of the box.
Digital Government
A Court Has Ruled That Donald Trump Blocking Users on Twitter Is Unconstitutional
A decision for the social media age.
Cybersecurity
FBI Stands Firm on ‘Going Dark’ Problem While Acknowledging Inflated Data
The bureau may have overstated by three times or more the number of encrypted devices it couldn’t access last year.
Cybersecurity
Google Chrome Plug-In Informs You Whenever Hackers Have Your Password
But can they ward off hackers themselves?
Digital Government
U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech
Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.
Emerging Tech
The Surprising Company Beating Apple and Google in Mobile Payments
Nothing motivates people quite like coffee.
Artificial Intelligence
A County Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Worried About Giving Off “A Big Brother Vibe”
The county has reportedly used the facial recognition tools about 20 times per day.
Emerging Tech
We Need a DARPA-Like Program for Veterans’ Problems, Experts Say
Dedicating funds to veterans’ health care needs could bring more products to market faster, experts told Congress.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Might Need Self-Driving Trucks to Avoid a Labor Shortage Crisis
The trucking industry had a shortage of 51,000 truck drivers at the end of last year.
Emerging Tech